Chapter 31 Financing Success
Zhou Shi submitted the application depressedly, and the military training seemed to be out of play. I didn't have much impression of military training in my previous life, but there was certainly no live-fire exercise. I thought I could have a good experience this time, but I was still held back by the company's affairs.
The internal equity division of the company is 70% for Zhou Shi, 25% for Wang Feng, and about 5% for other employees. The technical requirements of the Tieba forum are relatively not so high, the main ideas and operation plans are basically Zhou Shina's ideas, and it is appropriate for the technical leader to take such a proportion of shares, and Wang Feng himself did not say anything.
However, in order to be afraid of trouble, Zhou Shi divided his equity into two parts, the previously established offshore investment company - Galaxy Capital accounted for 50%, and he personally accounted for 20%.
The investment ratio of several venture capitals is also divided, DFJ came from behind to invest 5 million, IDG and JAFCO Asia invested a total of 5 million, and Zhou Hongyi and SoftBank chose to withdraw. With a valuation of $50 million, venture capital invested $10 million, accounting for 20% of the shares, and after listening to Lao Zhou's persuasion, Zhou Shi did not insist on the initial 16.7%. However, the repurchase clause and supplementary agreement were still set, and then the financing news was announced.
Even if the first Super Girl is very hot, far beyond the previous life. But it still didn't stop Zhou Shi from becoming the protagonist of financial news during this time period. With the further disclosure of Zhou Shi's identity information, Xiang Province Bangyan, a Peking University student, born in the 80s, is less than 20 years old, and has a net worth of tens of millions of dollars. The company received an endless stream of interview requests, and Mango Station also took the opportunity to speak out, and Supergirl's idea came from Zhou Shi. The company's phone was blown up again, and the hot state made Zhou Shi have to be interviewed.
Instead of choosing traditional media, Zhou Shi was interviewed by Yahoo, Sina, Sohu and NetEase. Zhou Shi, who has not yet cultivated a forced qualification, can only talk in generalities.
"How did you come up with the idea of starting a business?"
"I want to make my life more valuable," Zhou Shi
"Why did you choose to start a business with this model?"
"At first, I thought that the operating cost of the website in the form of Tieba was not high, and the people who spoke in BBS were more elite and Kochi. So I wanted to set up a low-barrier, open-door forum for everyone, and then I have the current post bar. ”
"How did you come up with the idea for Web 2.0?"
"It should be the joint effect of practice and learning, Yuanpei class is quite with my temperament, I have learned a lot, but I am not good at learning. Then summarize the experience in the operation of Tieba, and slowly form the idea of Web2.0de. ”
"What do you think of this financing, many people on the Internet feel that the price of this financing is inflated?"
"I think it's the trust that people put in me, and I feel like I'm getting more bold on me. Venture capital is not so much about investing in projects, I think it is more about investing in the "people" themselves. Our team is very good, so whether this financing is cost-effective depends on the future development of our company" Zhou Shi
"Now that you have such a big net worth, will you continue to study, how to balance study and work, can you guarantee that you will not waste investors' money?"
"If nothing else, I should continue to learn. As for the balance between work and study, it depends on many factors, and I don't know what kind of competition I will face in the future, and I can't preview the future."
"Some people say that you will become China's Bill Gates, do you think this is possible?"
"I won't be a certain person in China, I am who I am, and wealth is not my only pursuit" Zhou Shi felt a little difficult to deal with
"How did you get to where you are now" Reporter C
"I don't think it's time to use achievements, it's more about luck and hard work. I set myself small goals for each stage of my life, and then I achieve them step by step."
"What small goals have you set for yourself?" asked reporter C
"When I was in high school, my small goal was to get into a good university, and my small goal in college was to earn 100 million before graduation. "Finally waited for this time, and occasionally I had to pretend to be forced!
The "......" audience was speechless
Zhou Shi didn't want to say anything more, and after casually asking a few perfunctory questions, he terminated the interview.
Not surprisingly, Zhou Shi's remarks set off another storm. If it weren't for the lack of Weibo to fuel the flames, I'm afraid it would really radiate across the country. A large number of media began to discuss Zhou Shi, some thought he was arrogant and hypocritical, and some thought he was sincere and bold. However, the small goal of 100 million is not questioned by many people, and even now he is worth close to 10 million US dollars. It's not far from 100 million yuan. Of course, there are still financial programs on TV discussing whether Zhou Shi can accomplish his small goals, and there are many bearish people.
With funds, it is natural to change venues, and the high-tech park in Zhongguancun is a good choice. With this financing, a lot of honors can be obtained, and it was difficult to enjoy moral treatment before, but now it can be enjoyed. The board of directors was formally established, Zhou Shi, Wang Feng, You Wei, He Tiancheng and Yin Yue. I really didn't show much ability and political achievements in personnel. There are also two venture capitalists, Fu Xiang of Defengjie and Xiong Xiaoge of IDG, who unexpectedly became directors of the company. But fortunately, with their connections, Zhou Shi is better able to launch a blog plan.
"In the next phase, our focus will be on blogging, and our primary target is the opinion leader of various industries, whether he is a well-known academic expert, a well-known business executive, an entertainment and sports star, a journalist group, or an opinion leader on some forum post bar, these are our goals. We first use these social opinion centers to attract the masses and form a wide range of user groups, and then promote the interaction between them and break the information barriers existing in the crowd, which is our first goal of blogging. Zhou Shi didn't talk about those big truths that were too empty, and talked about the next stage of work goals. Knowledge and experience can only develop steadily, and the number of registered users of Tieba can soon exceed the 30 million mark. The next growth rate may not be so fast, after all, the number of users of the entire Internet is only about 70 million. At this time, the number of registered users of QQ can exceed 100 million. Zhou Shi had registered several times before, not to mention others. And with the investment money, Zhou Shi once again suppressed the profit plan of Tieba and reduced the scale of advertising. It has increased its investment in game portals, and decided to take the road of making breakthroughs in mini games and web games, purchasing game adaptation rights of popular online novels, and developing independent games. Finally, I talked about the key blogging plan.
Each plan has clear ideas and clear goals. The two directors who participated in the first working meeting stood up and applauded Zhou Shi, obviously very satisfied with Zhou Shi's work.
However, Zhou Shi still shook his head and sighed.
"Mr. Zhou's plan is already very good, what's the pity," Xiong Xiaoge said curiously
"Come on!" Zhou Shi was not in the mood to elaborate, and said to Yin Yue.